Example Sentences

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As severe drought continues to grip California, the DWP confirmed Thursday that it had dammed the aqueduct at Owens Lake in order to conserve meager Eastern Sierra snow runoff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2015

The agreement broke the logjam that had dammed up collective bargaining in the auto industry's Big Three.

From Time Magazine Archive

Silent at the White House, remote on the Potomac, Franklin Roosevelt had dammed the only outlet, presumably would open it in his own good time.

From Time Magazine Archive

One reason forecasters missed this year's boom is that they failed to realize how much the recession had dammed up the demand for housing and other items.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many years before a colony of beavers had dammed a small creek which had tumbled into the river about two miles upstream.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford